Oh, you were probably experiencing the phenomenon I call the "Lucas Cone of
Darkness". I have been observing this frequently on these dark winter
evenings.
I am driving on a suburban road, without street lights, but with a fair
amount of traffic going in my direction. Suddenly I notice that the road
ahead is brightly lit, EXCEPT for a narrow cone directly in front of the MG,
which, in contrast, is drowned in inky shadows. I check to see that the
headlight switch is on. It is. Then it dawns on me that what I am looking at
is the shadow cast by my MG in the glare of the megawatt argon beams of the
luxo SUV behind me, which the sealed beam halogens are vainly striving to
illuminate (at least for the purpose of seeing with my now-pinpoint-sized
irises).
--
Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
on 2/15/07 6:57 PM, Monte/Jane Morris at montejane@gmail.com wrote:
>> I upgraded to halogen lamps that fit in the standard MG bulb. Got them
>> from Little British Car Co and paid about $30 apiece. I also installed the
>> halogen brake lights. I did this on both the 79 and the 67B (with
>> generator). l couldn't believe the difference they made! The headlights were
>> better than the ones on our 01 Dodge diesel.
>
> It made me realize how long I'd been driving BLIND with the old ones:)
> Monte
>
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>> Does anyone have any experience with these lights?
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